# 494 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn

Two-family · built 2025 · Block 3909, Lot 11.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3039090011/494-jamaica-avenue

More construction in Cypress Hills: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/cypress-hills.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Residential, filed Jul 5, 2022, estimated cost $88K, 2 units, 3 stories, described as “Proposed two family house.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 25, 2024, estimated cost $57K, described as “Install new plumbing fixtures, electric hot water heaters, and electric stoves. Install the fire sprinkler system as per the drawings filed herewith. There will be no change in egress, use, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 2, 2024, estimated cost $54K, described as “Installing temporary shoring on a property line to support dirt during excavation and foundation work of the new building.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 21, 2024, estimated cost $3K, described as “Application filling to construct new curb cut.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 22, 2021, estimated cost $6K, described as “Application filling to install construction fence. Related garage demo # 322095399”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $4,084
- 2026–27 tax: $810
- Market value (city estimate): $68,067
- Taxable value: $4,084
- Assessed land: $4,084

## Zoning

R4: floor area ratio 1.59 built, above the 1.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Apr 16, 2021: $1,200,000

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology